--- title: ★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"? — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics description: ★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days ★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Joyeuses Pâques This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» of the French course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t6:1 # text = ★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Joyeuses Joyeuses X FW _ 7 compound _ _ 7 Pâques pâque NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 euses eus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 joyeux joyeux NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ★ | Joyeuses Pâques | | | | with euses | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's a spelling mistake that everyone makes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t6:o1:1 # text = It's a spelling mistake that everyone makes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 nsubj _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a spelling mistake | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | a spelling mistake | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} In the greeting Pâques is feminine and plural ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t6:o2:1 # text = In the greeting Pâques is feminine and plural 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Pâques Pâques PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Pâques | | | the greeting | | feminine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Pâques *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Easter is always a masculine word ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t6:o3:1 # text = Easter is always a masculine word 1 Easter Easter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Easter | a masculine word | | | | always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} -euses is used for every holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t6:o4:1 # text = -euses is used for every holiday 1 - - PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 euses eus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · passive | | euses | | | | for every holiday | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for holiday=Eventuality | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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